Andrey Yefimovich Martynov was born in 1768 in St. Petersburg into the family of a sergeant of the Preobrazhensky Guards Regiment. In 1788 he graduated from the Academy of Art, where he studied under Semion Shchedrin (1745 - 1804). In accordance with the tradition of the time the best graduates of the Academy had a post graduate training in Italy, and Andrey Martynov was among them.
c.1806-1810. Watercolor on paper. 44.5 x 57 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
c. 1806-1810. Watercolor on paper. 34 x 50 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
c.1806-1810. Watercolor on paper. 40.2 x 52 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
c.1806-1810. Watercolor on paper. 34.8 x 53.8 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1808. Watercolor on paper. 60 x 86 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
c.1809-1810. Watercolor on paper. 44.5 x 57 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1809. Watercolor on paper. 61.5 x 87 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1815. Oil on canvas. 65.3 x 81 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.